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	<title>Doing it all for Aleyna</title>
	
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	<description>A journey through life with my little girl with special needs, finding the silver lining in the bad times, and laughing through the good times</description>
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		<title>Dear Aleyna</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 09:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[letter to my special needs daughter]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dear Aleyna, In recent months your awareness of the world is increasing and your awareness of my emotions more so.  Please then my poppet, of some things be sure: If you see me in low spirits, be...<br/>
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		<title>Blog neglect</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BIB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIB finalist]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Helloooooo *taps on screen* So this has been and up and down month full of good and bad news; Good news &#8211; I am now over 4 months smoke-free Bad news &#8211; I am becoming quite the lardarse...<br/>
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		<title>Stella &amp; Dot winner</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Congratulations to my friend Clare (NOT a fix I promise!!!! ) for winning the Stella &#38; Dot Lindsay Bangle &#160; Clare has chosen the orange<br/>
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		<title>Stella &amp; Dot giveaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stella & Dot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsay bangle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shine Bracelet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Starter kit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stella & Dot giveaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stella Dot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stylist]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Over the Easter holidays my sister gently(!) persuaded me to become a Stella &#38; Dot stylist.  I am really excited and this morning I received my starter kit.  Looky look&#8230; Stella &#38; Dot is...<br/>
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		<title>We don’t want your money, we want your voice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I spend a fair amount of my time silently campaigning for what I believe to be right for Aleyna and her special needs and also the special and complex needs of other children.  I am fully guilty of...<br/>
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		<title>Chipwrecked! on the Thames</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chipmunks Chipwrecked]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharkey George]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last week we were invited to a screening of Alvin &#38; the Chipmunks Chipwrecked!  Not just any old cinema screening.  A squeak-tastic screening on a river cruise on the Thames. We are quite canny...<br/>
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		<title>Said the actress to the bishop….</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[British Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mum Dad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portugal]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After 3 months of falls, worrying late night phone calls and lengthy hospital stays, this week we moved my Grandma into a fantastic independent-living nursing home. I have blogged about my Grandma...<br/>
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		<title>My top picks for the BIB Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mostly Yummy Mummy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reluctant Housedad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAHD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transatlantic Blonde]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am over the bloody moon to have been short listed for 3 categories in the Brilliance in Blogging (BIB) Awards; Change, Inspire and Outstanding. Some readers will be all too familiar (read sick to...<br/>
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		<title>Imaginary Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have been called in to school a couple of times recently to discuss some naughty things that Aleyna has done. On the most recent occasion, Aleyna had drawn on something she really should not have....<br/>
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		<title>What is going on here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mother Day]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A quick update&#8230;. Each month I write a Special needs blog round-up for BritMums and if you care to do so, you can read all about it here&#8230; BritMums Special Needs Round-up Aleyna made me the...<br/>
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